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Originally Posted by sombreastre
I heard of that, but you do realize that the eink screen, which of course only uses battery when changing state/page, is not the only component of an ebook reader?
Although on the same note, amazon folks have been telling the same story since their earliest models: kindle standby would not drain the battery in the least (customer service replies to people asking if they should power off or not). I don't know whether that's not true or if kobo works differently, but we now know for sure that at least in older models, there was a significant battery drainage during standby mode, with kobo. Maybe in later models they've put in bigger batteries which can stand standby for much longer periods than before, thus eliminating any need to power off. I also know that I have a kindle4 and never power it off. Battery lasts just fine for weeks of intense use, not sure why.
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Wether you like it or not e-ink works one way. And that's how it works. Not up to ifs.
Now which internals do you think take up battery? Clock and small memory, my alarm clock has them also and the battery lasts 2 years. We are of course assuming that wi-fi is off. You should not throw things in the air like someone said at the customer service. By experience I know most customers don't realise they have wi-fi on or that their device could be defective. And I know also that many working in customer service know less than us. Try shopping for a new tv at the mall, they know nothing about what they sell.
Please go to google and research about how e-ink works. If kobo looses considerable battery on standby then that's a bad quality reader. I hope not as I want the kobo glo. The kindle paperwhite won't be available where I am, that would be my choice as amazon and kindles have always been top notch.